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Bloodscreams #1
Vampire Dreams
DEATH STALKS THE NIGHT...
Andover is a quiet town. No screams disturb its slumber, although perhaps they should--when the bones of the dead are taken from their graves, and the residents begin to disappear...
But who could guess that behind the walls of a local hospital, a cult of inhuman bloodsuckers lurk and feed and fiendishly devise a new defense against their ancient weakness? When modern medicine teams with undead evil, only one man can stop it.
...AND NOW IT STALKS THE DAY
Abraham Stroud is many things: archaeologist, psychic, and detective. But more than that, he's a man who sees past the deceptive reality of everyday life, into the dark shadows where the horrors of myth and nightmare dwell. His is a lonely battle against monsters no one else dares to believe in.
But you don't have to believe in vampires for them to tear you apart...
(Approximately 90,000 words.)
Andover is a quiet town. No screams disturb its slumber, although perhaps they should--when the bones of the dead are taken from their graves, and the residents begin to disappear...
But who could guess that behind the walls of a local hospital, a cult of inhuman bloodsuckers lurk and feed and fiendishly devise a new defense against their ancient weakness? When modern medicine teams with undead evil, only one man can stop it.
...AND NOW IT STALKS THE DAY
Abraham Stroud is many things: archaeologist, psychic, and detective. But more than that, he's a man who sees past the deceptive reality of everyday life, into the dark shadows where the horrors of myth and nightmare dwell. His is a lonely battle against monsters no one else dares to believe in.
But you don't have to believe in vampires for them to tear you apart...
(Approximately 90,000 words.)
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 15, 2010
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About the author
Robert W. Walker
184 books75 followersAka Geoffrey Caine, Glenn Hale, Evan Kingsbury, Stephen Robertson
Master of suspense and bone-chilling terror, Robert W. Walker, BS and MS in English Education, Northwestern University, has penned 44 novels and has taught language and writing for over 25 years. Showing no signs of slowing down, he is currently juggling not one but three new series ideas, and has completed a film script and a TV treatment. Having grown up in Chicago and having been born in the shadow of the Shiloh battlefield, near Corinth, Mississippi, Walker has two writing traditions to uphold--the Windy City one and the Southern one--all of which makes him uniquely suited to write City for Ransom and its sequels, Shadows in White City and City of the Absent. His Dead On will be published in July 2009. Walker is currently working on a new romantic-suspense-historical-mainstream novel, titled Children of Salem. In 2003 and 2004 Walker saw an unprecedented seven novels released on the "unsuspecting public," as he puts it. Final Edge, Grave Instinct, and Absolute Instinct were published in 2004. City of the Absent debuted in 2008 from Avon. Walker lives in Charleston, West Virginia.
Master of suspense and bone-chilling terror, Robert W. Walker, BS and MS in English Education, Northwestern University, has penned 44 novels and has taught language and writing for over 25 years. Showing no signs of slowing down, he is currently juggling not one but three new series ideas, and has completed a film script and a TV treatment. Having grown up in Chicago and having been born in the shadow of the Shiloh battlefield, near Corinth, Mississippi, Walker has two writing traditions to uphold--the Windy City one and the Southern one--all of which makes him uniquely suited to write City for Ransom and its sequels, Shadows in White City and City of the Absent. His Dead On will be published in July 2009. Walker is currently working on a new romantic-suspense-historical-mainstream novel, titled Children of Salem. In 2003 and 2004 Walker saw an unprecedented seven novels released on the "unsuspecting public," as he puts it. Final Edge, Grave Instinct, and Absolute Instinct were published in 2004. City of the Absent debuted in 2008 from Avon. Walker lives in Charleston, West Virginia.
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August 2, 2012
Vampire hunter, Army Vet with psychic powers who inherits riches a mansion and the history of fighting the paranormal...but doesn't know it at-first. Book kinda has it all...vampires, ghosts, small-town prejudices. The Vampires are looking for a cure to their limitations and along comes the main character who doesn't really know what he is doing and really only stumbles through a success at clearing out an established vampire nest without really taking any lasting damage. The book is readable, just not one of the better ones.
September 17, 2023
When Mr. Walker states DEATH STALKS THE NIGHT, he is not using this line lightly. I am a fan of vampire books, and love to be kept awake at night with a grisly tale now and then. I believe it’s good for one, and Vampire Dreams was by far the most gruesome and scary one I’ve read in many a year. It puts Bram Stoker to shame, but oh how I loved getting scared, and following Abraham Stroud as he tracked these vampires, and followed them to their den. I highly recommend this series. Kudos to the thrilling way Mr. Walker got in the minds of the vampires and make them come real.
December 12, 2024
An excellent vampire novel with vamps who are a little more grotesque than usual. The town of Andover has been infiltrated with vampires passing as human. Abraham Stroud, who has a history with Andover, returns to the town and uncovers the corruption. But who can he trust? Maybe only the spirit of his ancestor, who died at the hands of the town's vampire mastermind. Lots of action at the end, and there's an epilogue that sets up a second book in this interesting series.
July 26, 2012
This was an ok book. I've only read about 2 1/2 books by the same author, but they have the same issue for me. I'm not very fond of how the writer writes. I get sucked into the story and I like the plot, but something about how it is written just bugs me. I can't put my finger on it. However, as I said, I do like the plots, so I will probably continue to read his books.
October 4, 2016
Good Storyline
This book didn't follow the usual way we think about killing vampires. Once I got into the story it turned out to be very interesting and it introduced me to the hero, Abe Stroud. It followed a rather unorthodox way of killing pires. The ending is left open because you can't annihilate all the vampires, who knows we may eventually see Abe Stroud in Russia.
This book didn't follow the usual way we think about killing vampires. Once I got into the story it turned out to be very interesting and it introduced me to the hero, Abe Stroud. It followed a rather unorthodox way of killing pires. The ending is left open because you can't annihilate all the vampires, who knows we may eventually see Abe Stroud in Russia.
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